The 2013 Willie M Medal: Round 7

While Ben Roberts is firmly in the mix to win back-to-back Willie M Medals, Wests Tigers utility Tim Moltzen won’t be joining him. Moltzen ruptured his ACL in the Tigers’ loss to the Broncos on Saturday night. He collected the three Willie M votes and has finished 2013 on five votes.

Two players to watch – both who made moves this week – are Warriors centre Konrad Hurrell and Titans outside back Steve Michaels. Hurrell was almost as bad as the refereeing on Thursday night and is now tied for fifth in the count while another Michaels pissweak effort for the Titans when the club was most in need. The only thing stopping him from another high finish will be the prevalence of Queensland Cup in his future.

Sydney Roosters v St George Illawarra
3-Tyson Frizell (Dra)
2-Jamie Soward (Dra)
1-Matt Cooper (Dra)
Judge: Nick Tedeschi

Melbourne v New Zealand
3-Konrad Hurrell (War)
2-Mahe Fonua (Mel)
1-Jason Ryles (Mel)
Judge: Rohan Kendall

Manly v South Sydney
3-Richie Fa’aoso (Man)
2-Jason King (Man)
1-Roy Asotasi (Sou)
Judge: Nick Tedeschi

North Queensland v Canberra
3-Jason Croker (Can)
2-Terry Campese (Can)
1-Kalifa Faifai-Loa (Can)
Judge: Brett Oaten (Fire Up)

Wests Tigers v Brisbane
3-Tim Moltzen (Tig)
2-Eddy Pettybourne (Tig)
1-Ben Hunt (Bri)
Judge: Nick Tedeschi

Gold Coast v Newcastle
3-Steve Michaels (GC)
2-Jarrod Mullen (New)
1-Jamal Idris (GC)
Judge: Alex Madge

Cronulla v Canterbury
3-Nathan Stapleton (Cro)
2-Jonathan Wright (Cro)
1-Ben Pomeroy (Cro)
Judge: Nick Tedeschi

Penrith v Parramatta
3-Ben Smith (Par)
2-Cheyse Blair (Par)
1-Ben Roberts (Par)
Judge: Nick Tedeschi

Leaderboard
14: Tony Williams (Bul)
9: Kevin Locke (War), Ben Roberts (Par)
8: Sandor Earl (Can)
7: Konrad Hurrell (War), Krisnan Inu (Bul), Peter Wallace (Bri)
6: Shaun Kenny-Dowall (Roo), Thomas Leuluai (War), Steve Michaels (GC), David Simmons (Pen)